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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 61. <br></br> Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      51,781</td>
<td class="r data">      16,638</td>
<td class="r data">    32.1</td>
<td class="r data">      23,913</td>
<td class="r data">       9,823</td>
<td class="r data">    41.1</td>
<td class="r data">      27,868</td>
<td class="r data">       6,815</td>
<td class="r data">    24.5</td>
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<tr>
<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      60,105</td>
<td class="r data">      18,965</td>
<td class="r data">    31.6</td>
<td class="r data">      28,103</td>
<td class="r data">      11,328</td>
<td class="r data">    40.3</td>
<td class="r data">      32,002</td>
<td class="r data">       7,637</td>
<td class="r data">    23.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      63,794</td>
<td class="r data">      18,728</td>
<td class="r data">    29.4</td>
<td class="r data">      30,322</td>
<td class="r data">      11,460</td>
<td class="r data">    37.8</td>
<td class="r data">      33,472</td>
<td class="r data">       7,268</td>
<td class="r data">    21.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      62,129</td>
<td class="r data">      17,149</td>
<td class="r data">    27.6</td>
<td class="r data">      29,613</td>
<td class="r data">      10,641</td>
<td class="r data">    35.9</td>
<td class="r data">      32,516</td>
<td class="r data">       6,508</td>
<td class="r data">    20.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      60,016</td>
<td class="r data">      16,323</td>
<td class="r data">    27.2</td>
<td class="r data">      29,019</td>
<td class="r data">      10,285</td>
<td class="r data">    35.4</td>
<td class="r data">      30,997</td>
<td class="r data">       6,038</td>
<td class="r data">    19.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      56,150</td>
<td class="r data">      14,826</td>
<td class="r data">    26.4</td>
<td class="r data">      27,830</td>
<td class="r data">       9,371</td>
<td class="r data">    33.7</td>
<td class="r data">      28,320</td>
<td class="r data">       5,455</td>
<td class="r data">    19.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      51,331</td>
<td class="r data">      13,284</td>
<td class="r data">    25.9</td>
<td class="r data">      26,480</td>
<td class="r data">       8,659</td>
<td class="r data">    32.7</td>
<td class="r data">      24,851</td>
<td class="r data">       4,625</td>
<td class="r data">    18.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      44,924</td>
<td class="r data">      11,422</td>
<td class="r data">    25.4</td>
<td class="r data">      23,585</td>
<td class="r data">       7,522</td>
<td class="r data">    31.9</td>
<td class="r data">      21,339</td>
<td class="r data">       3,900</td>
<td class="r data">    18.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      40,790</td>
<td class="r data">      10,601</td>
<td class="r data">    26.0</td>
<td class="r data">      21,868</td>
<td class="r data">       6,985</td>
<td class="r data">    31.9</td>
<td class="r data">      18,922</td>
<td class="r data">       3,616</td>
<td class="r data">    19.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      35,559</td>
<td class="r data">       9,496</td>
<td class="r data">    26.7</td>
<td class="r data">      19,232</td>
<td class="r data">       6,272</td>
<td class="r data">    32.6</td>
<td class="r data">      16,327</td>
<td class="r data">       3,224</td>
<td class="r data">    19.7</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      49,067</td>
<td class="r data">      14,545</td>
<td class="r data">    29.6</td>
<td class="r data">      21,602</td>
<td class="r data">       7,834</td>
<td class="r data">    36.3</td>
<td class="r data">      27,465</td>
<td class="r data">       6,711</td>
<td class="r data">    24.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      57,438</td>
<td class="r data">      16,893</td>
<td class="r data">    29.4</td>
<td class="r data">      25,855</td>
<td class="r data">       9,371</td>
<td class="r data">    36.2</td>
<td class="r data">      31,583</td>
<td class="r data">       7,522</td>
<td class="r data">    23.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      60,967</td>
<td class="r data">      16,521</td>
<td class="r data">    27.1</td>
<td class="r data">      27,940</td>
<td class="r data">       9,351</td>
<td class="r data">    33.5</td>
<td class="r data">      33,027</td>
<td class="r data">       7,170</td>
<td class="r data">    21.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      59,218</td>
<td class="r data">      14,929</td>
<td class="r data">    25.2</td>
<td class="r data">      27,135</td>
<td class="r data">       8,502</td>
<td class="r data">    31.3</td>
<td class="r data">      32,083</td>
<td class="r data">       6,427</td>
<td class="r data">    20.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      57,015</td>
<td class="r data">      13,988</td>
<td class="r data">    24.5</td>
<td class="r data">      26,432</td>
<td class="r data">       8,051</td>
<td class="r data">    30.5</td>
<td class="r data">      30,583</td>
<td class="r data">       5,937</td>
<td class="r data">    19.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      53,291</td>
<td class="r data">      12,634</td>
<td class="r data">    23.7</td>
<td class="r data">      25,386</td>
<td class="r data">       7,256</td>
<td class="r data">    28.6</td>
<td class="r data">      27,905</td>
<td class="r data">       5,378</td>
<td class="r data">    19.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      48,583</td>
<td class="r data">      11,196</td>
<td class="r data">    23.0</td>
<td class="r data">      24,133</td>
<td class="r data">       6,653</td>
<td class="r data">    27.6</td>
<td class="r data">      24,450</td>
<td class="r data">       4,543</td>
<td class="r data">    18.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      42,386</td>
<td class="r data">       9,395</td>
<td class="r data">    22.2</td>
<td class="r data">      21,381</td>
<td class="r data">       5,562</td>
<td class="r data">    26.0</td>
<td class="r data">      21,005</td>
<td class="r data">       3,833</td>
<td class="r data">    18.2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      38,630</td>
<td class="r data">       8,898</td>
<td class="r data">    23.0</td>
<td class="r data">      19,997</td>
<td class="r data">       5,339</td>
<td class="r data">    26.7</td>
<td class="r data">      18,633</td>
<td class="r data">       3,559</td>
<td class="r data">    19.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      33,566</td>
<td class="r data">       7,923</td>
<td class="r data">    23.6</td>
<td class="r data">      17,497</td>
<td class="r data">       4,757</td>
<td class="r data">    27.2</td>
<td class="r data">      16,069</td>
<td class="r data">       3,166</td>
<td class="r data">    19.7</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       2,366</td>
<td class="r data">       1,930</td>
<td class="r data">    81.6</td>
<td class="r data">       2,048</td>
<td class="r data">       1,848</td>
<td class="r data">    90.2</td>
<td class="r data">         318</td>
<td class="r data">          82</td>
<td class="r data">    25.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">       2,339</td>
<td class="r data">       1,901</td>
<td class="r data">    81.3</td>
<td class="r data">       1,999</td>
<td class="r data">       1,803</td>
<td class="r data">    90.2</td>
<td class="r data">         340</td>
<td class="r data">          98</td>
<td class="r data">    28.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">       2,454</td>
<td class="r data">       1,999</td>
<td class="r data">    81.5</td>
<td class="r data">       2,115</td>
<td class="r data">       1,918</td>
<td class="r data">    90.7</td>
<td class="r data">         339</td>
<td class="r data">          81</td>
<td class="r data">    23.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">       2,496</td>
<td class="r data">       1,993</td>
<td class="r data">    79.8</td>
<td class="r data">       2,148</td>
<td class="r data">       1,925</td>
<td class="r data">    89.6</td>
<td class="r data">         348</td>
<td class="r data">          68</td>
<td class="r data">    19.5</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">       2,496</td>
<td class="r data">       2,006</td>
<td class="r data">    80.4</td>
<td class="r data">       2,158</td>
<td class="r data">       1,916</td>
<td class="r data">    88.8</td>
<td class="r data">         338</td>
<td class="r data">          90</td>
<td class="r data">    26.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">       2,405</td>
<td class="r data">       1,887</td>
<td class="r data">    78.5</td>
<td class="r data">       2,049</td>
<td class="r data">       1,818</td>
<td class="r data">    88.7</td>
<td class="r data">         356</td>
<td class="r data">          69</td>
<td class="r data">    19.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">       2,294</td>
<td class="r data">       1,788</td>
<td class="r data">    77.9</td>
<td class="r data">       1,954</td>
<td class="r data">       1,718</td>
<td class="r data">    87.9</td>
<td class="r data">         340</td>
<td class="r data">          70</td>
<td class="r data">    20.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">       2,061</td>
<td class="r data">       1,674</td>
<td class="r data">    81.2</td>
<td class="r data">       1,792</td>
<td class="r data">       1,616</td>
<td class="r data">    90.2</td>
<td class="r data">         269</td>
<td class="r data">          58</td>
<td class="r data">    21.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       1,755</td>
<td class="r data">       1,415</td>
<td class="r data">    80.6</td>
<td class="r data">       1,524</td>
<td class="r data">       1,369</td>
<td class="r data">    89.8</td>
<td class="r data">         231</td>
<td class="r data">          46</td>
<td class="r data">    19.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">       1,583</td>
<td class="r data">       1,288</td>
<td class="r data">    81.4</td>
<td class="r data">       1,374</td>
<td class="r data">       1,239</td>
<td class="r data">    90.2</td>
<td class="r data">         209</td>
<td class="r data">          49</td>
<td class="r data">    23.4</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         348</td>
<td class="r data">         163</td>
<td class="r data">    46.8</td>
<td class="r data">         263</td>
<td class="r data">         141</td>
<td class="r data">    53.6</td>
<td class="r data">          85</td>
<td class="r data">          22</td>
<td class="r data">    25.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         328</td>
<td class="r data">         171</td>
<td class="r data">    52.1</td>
<td class="r data">         249</td>
<td class="r data">         154</td>
<td class="r data">    61.8</td>
<td class="r data">          79</td>
<td class="r data">          17</td>
<td class="r data">    21.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         373</td>
<td class="r data">         208</td>
<td class="r data">    55.8</td>
<td class="r data">         267</td>
<td class="r data">         191</td>
<td class="r data">    71.5</td>
<td class="r data">         106</td>
<td class="r data">          17</td>
<td class="r data">    16.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         415</td>
<td class="r data">         227</td>
<td class="r data">    54.7</td>
<td class="r data">         330</td>
<td class="r data">         214</td>
<td class="r data">    64.8</td>
<td class="r data">          85</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">    15.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         505</td>
<td class="r data">         329</td>
<td class="r data">    65.1</td>
<td class="r data">         429</td>
<td class="r data">         318</td>
<td class="r data">    74.1</td>
<td class="r data">          76</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    14.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         454</td>
<td class="r data">         305</td>
<td class="r data">    67.2</td>
<td class="r data">         395</td>
<td class="r data">         297</td>
<td class="r data">    75.2</td>
<td class="r data">          59</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">    13.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         454</td>
<td class="r data">         300</td>
<td class="r data">    66.1</td>
<td class="r data">         393</td>
<td class="r data">         288</td>
<td class="r data">    73.3</td>
<td class="r data">          61</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">    19.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         477</td>
<td class="r data">         353</td>
<td class="r data">    74.0</td>
<td class="r data">         412</td>
<td class="r data">         344</td>
<td class="r data">    83.5</td>
<td class="r data">          65</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">    13.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         405</td>
<td class="r data">         288</td>
<td class="r data">    71.1</td>
<td class="r data">         347</td>
<td class="r data">         277</td>
<td class="r data">    79.8</td>
<td class="r data">          58</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    19.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         410</td>
<td class="r data">         285</td>
<td class="r data">    69.5</td>
<td class="r data">         361</td>
<td class="r data">         276</td>
<td class="r data">    76.5</td>
<td class="r data">          49</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">    18.4</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through June 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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